पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · April 2, 1967 CE

🕉️ Sapta-Mokṣa-Puri · Localize for your Pīṭha
अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 12.9 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
अथ चित्तं समाधातुं न शक्नोषि मयि स्थिरम्।अभ्यासयोगेन ततो मामिच्छाप्तुं धनञ्जय।।12.9।।
"12.9 But if thou canst not fix thy mind firmly on Me, then, My beloved friend, try to do so by constant practice." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.9's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2024 Raudra
Śaka Saṁvat: 1889 Plavaṅga
Bengali Saṁvat: 1374
Malayalam Era: 1143
Nanakshahi: 498
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Parigha
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya348.22°MīnaRevatī P1
चन्द्र Candra260.22°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala186.50°TulāCitrā P4
बुध Budha320.96°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati91.72°KarkaPunarvasu P4
शुक्र Śukra22.34°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
शनि Śani340.83°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3

☀️ Howrah, West Bengal — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:30 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:52 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:41 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)00:26 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:12 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 22 Mins 35 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 37 Mins 25 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:51 – 04:40
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:28 – 05:30
Abhijit Muhūrta11:16 – 12:06
Vijaya Muhūrta13:45 – 14:34
Godhūli Muhūrta17:40 – 18:04
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:52 – 18:23
Amṛta Kāla17:37 – 19:22
Niśīta Muhūrta23:16 – 00:06

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:19 – 17:52
Yamaganda11:41 – 13:14
Gulika Kāla14:47 – 16:19
Varjyam06:01 – 06:20
Dur Muhūrta 08:23 – 08:48

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Tropical Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:30 – 07:03 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:03 – 08:35 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:35 – 10:08 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:08 – 11:41 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:41 – 13:14 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:14 – 14:47 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:47 – 16:19 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:19 – 17:52 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:52 – 19:19 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:19 – 20:47 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:47 – 22:14 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:14 – 23:41 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:41 – 01:08 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:08 – 02:35 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:35 – 04:03 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:03 – 05:30 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 22.5958°
Longitude: 88.2636°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Pūrva Āṣāḍhā alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

🌌 Cosmic Time — Where This Moment Sits in the Mahāyuga

These five values anchor today within the Sūrya-Siddhānta time-architecture. Kali Year counts from the Kali-epoch (18 Feb 3102 BCE · midnight Ujjain · when Krishna's mortal-form departed). Ahargaṇa is the day-count since that epoch — the canonical time-coordinate used by every Vedic computation on this substrate. Julian Day is the astronomical universal day-number (continuous · no calendar discontinuities). Ayanāṁśa is the angular offset between sidereal (rāśi-based · the Vedic frame) and tropical (equinox-based) coordinates · currently growing at ~50.29″/year as Earth's axis precesses. Sun-Moon angle determines the tithi (0-360° elongation / 12° per tithi).

Kali Year5068 · Kali-5068
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1851117.27 · 5068.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2439582.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.3955° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)268.78° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 23/30)
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate:Vidhyamitra Sūrya-SiddhāntaMethod:Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equationTier-2 localization:spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanāṁśa (23.3955°) · declination 4.59° · EoT -4.03 min · city civil-time localizationLineage:Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Maitreya → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara I → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Jyeṣṭhadeva → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrateAccess:Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed (the bhakta's sole niṣkāma-karma-sevā)Computed for:1967-04-02 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)